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.FIRST ELECTROCUTION
AT THE PENITENTIARY
William Reed Shocked to Death in j
Chair.?Not a Hitch iu the Proceedings.
Columbia. Aug. t>.?At n ociock
this morning in the death house at the
State penitentiary William Reed, a
negro from Anderson county, went to
his death in the newly installed electric
chair. This was the first legal 1
execution by electricity in South Carolina
and though the process of electrocution
was new to the authorities at '
the penitentiary there was not a hitch. <
Reed was apparently calm, but as he '
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entered me ueaiii room -uc was oeeu
to falter. He braced himself for the
ordeal, walked to the chair and dropped
into :he seat. The electrodes, one
above the head and another around !
the left ankle, were quickly adjusted 1
and upon' signal that everything was <
ready the lever in the switchboard was 1
thrown, and the lethal current 1,900
?-wr?ltc ctrnnor sent hfirrmcrV> T?1
The body strained at the straps, due,
the expert from the factory said, to 1
nervous reflex action, but it is prob- :
able that Reed died instantly. For
nire second the current was maintain- 1
ed at the initial voltage and was then 1
reduced to 200 volts. By a turn of a 1
wheel the voltage was then raised to
1,900, which-^as kept up until 60 sec- 1
/ onds had passed. The current was ap- 1
plied in its varying intensities for a
full minute. Drs. Jennings and Fish- 1
burne pronounced Reed dead at the '<
*nd cf the 60 seconds. <
Ho Ceremonies. s
There were absolutely no ceremonies <
or incidents to the electrocution. The t
death warrant had Men read to Reed t
before the witnesses and officials en- t
tered the death chamber, and the *
inarch to the chair and the attach- 1
ment of the electrodes consumed only 1
about one minute. The law's penalty f
bad been paid in two minutes from ^
3 ~ J *
uic nine uip uuuueuiiwu uegro en- *
tered the death room.
The body will not be turned over *
to relatives for burial, notie of {hem s
laving expressed a wish to take N
charge of the remains. Reed was in-,^
different in the matter and did not b
aeem to care whether his relatives s
took charge of the body. He sent no <3
mPfiSflfPc tn nnvnnp and tvVioti ?
asked; while seated in the chair if he s
iad anything to say he murmured j'
"nothing." ?. iS
STATE CHAIRMAN EYA\S
REFUSES GOYER>WS REQUEST ^
Will Xot Allow Blease the Privilege of
Purchasing Extra Ballots?Mr. j
Evans' Letter. p
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John Gary Evar.s, chairman of the !
ouite executive cumiuiitee, uas writ- ,
ten to Governor Blease refusing to al- j
low the governor the privilege of buy- *
ing extra ballots. The following is the ^
letter of Mr. Evans, which was mailed j j
on Saturday afternoon to the governor:
C
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August 3, 1912. r
' Cote; L. Blease, Esq.." Columbia, S. C.
Dear Sir: I beg leave to acknowl- '
^
edege receipt of your letter of August t
2, in which you state that "it is con- j
mon rumor told and written you from I
different parts of the State, that there t
is going to be a scarcity of State tick- j J
?ts at the cotton mill precincts, at (
Hie country boxes and at such other t
places that you are particularly i
strong, the purpose being to keep the j
Blease men from casting their bal,.
lots." t
r do not feel that I, as chairman j.f
of the State Democratic executive ; j
committee, am called upon to pay any j r
attention to rumors which have no (
foundation whatever, for the reason i
that persons responsible for such ru- \ (
mors can not have any knowledge as
?o a scarcity of tickets, before such |,
tickets have been printed or distrib- }
nted. It must appeal to you that such
minors are absurd. I will say, how- j
ever that as chairman of the execu- j
tire committee, it is my duty and will j (
my pleasure to provide more than 1
a sufficiency of ballots for every qual-?
iiecf voter at the primary at every pre- ,
^ fKrAnorViAnf tVlO I
Ullt'l III CVOIJ V/V/yui.) nxi vu^uvuv vwv | 4
Stete.
1 can not comply with your request .
%
to furnish your manager, Fred. H.
Pominick, with 25,000 extra tickets.
A compliance with such request would
inevitably lead to a similar demand
from every candidate in the field and
-?oold greatly tend to complicate and ;
render null and void the provision in j
the constitution of the party,v which
requires the tickets to be voted to be
furnished by the State and county executive
committee respectively, and no
otfier tickets shall be used. I know
of no more effective means of preventing
any other tickets from being used
Qtan to see that no other parties are
fornished, save the legal authorities
authorized to reeeive the same in the
manner prescribed by the rules of the
party. A departure from this rule
might open the door for fraud and
vitiating our elections by the use of
unauthorized and improper tickets.
Under my construction of the constitution,
the executive committee, if not
expressly, is impliedly forbidden to j
furnish the official ballots to any one,
save the authorities responsible therefor.
I must decline, therefore, to furnish
any candidate, whoever he may
be, the official ballot except through
the respective county officials of thparty.
There will be no scarcity of
tickets, rumors to the contrary notwithstanding.
In declining this reniiAst.
t am nerformins: mv duty as I
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see it and I am not responsible for
any beliefs that any candidate may
harbor from my acts.
The imputation of contemplated
fraudxmade by you against the managers
of the election and the county
chairmen and the State executive
committee as to not counting your
ballots is puerile and unworthy or
notice. To make imputations against
the honesty of men, some of whom
have not yet been appointed, should ?
nerit the condemnation of all honest
men.
The request on your part, that I
" ^ 1- +Vin n/M.ntxr nVioiriviOn frt trivo Vrtll
aan. iuc v;uujli0* * ~ ^ ?
representation on each board of the
managers of election must appeal to
vou as foolish under the law of the
E>arty. The State executive commit:ee
has no jurisdiction whatever over
the county authorities in the appointment
of the managers of election, and
oc wmi ha.vp been a member of this I
committee for many years, no one
should know this better than you. Not
3nly this, it would be impossible to
*ive every candidate who has opposi- I
ion and who imagines that he will be <
reated unfairly representation on the
)oard of managers, the number being ;
imited to three. The practice is to ap- <
)oint honest and intelligent men to j
ill. these position and when tnis is
lone, no candidate has\ just causej j
o complain.
You state that you know of my biterness
towards you. I am frank to
tate that there are some people for
vhom I have a contempt and some
vhom I pity, but for none have I any
itterness and my enemies may rest
issured that they have a monopoly
>f such if any exists. In my position as
>tate chairman, I endeavor to repre
ent every democrat from the humilest
to the most exalted without con- s
ideration of "my friends" or foes. i
N Respectfully yours,
John Gary Evaifs,
Chairman State Dem. Ex. Com.
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5EWS OF BACHWAN CHAPEL.
* .
Ir. J. D. Ouattlehaum Equips Home With
Electric Lifflits?>V. 0. W. v Picnic?Other
>'ews. j
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Slighs, Aug. 6.?We have been hav- j
ng some *'cold days in August" this
veek. Fire have felt very comfortable
jart of the time. |
A fine rain fell in this section last !
Saturday night. It was very much j
leeded. !
Owing to this cool weather, the!
jrops are not growing as they ought j <
r\ I -
At the W. 0. W. picnic at Pomaria j ]
>11 the 16th of this month the 'match
rame of base ball will be played in
he afternoon between Pomaria and ]
i
rhapin or Pomaria and Sakida, on the j
3omaria diamond. _ | <
Mrs. Amanda Bridges is still very j <
11. i
Mr. Jos. D. Quattlebaum has his ]
lome equipped with electric lights, ]
getting the power from the creek near ; ]
lis home, where he built a dam out of j]
ock and cement some time ago. Mr. |]
^uattlebaum has just recently put the j:
lights in and says they work "like a ;;
jharm." His generator will afford!
Dower enough to "light up his ginnery |;
ilso. He is making some improvements
on his ginnery and grist mill.
Miss Lizzie' Neel, daughter of Mr. i
Jno. C. Xeel, of near Newbery, has
been elected to teach Union school for
the next term.
n r_ ti'Mu nAl..wu:? J
iur. Hiiuur n.pps, ui v/uiumuia, anu
Mr. Charlie West, Jr., of Newberry,
spent a portion of this week in this
section.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Schumpert and
children visited at the home of Mr.
Schumpert's mother near Mt. Pilgrim, I
last Saturday night and Sunday.
Mr.' Hayne Franklin and sister, Miss j
Margaret, of the Beth Eden section,!
have been spending several days at the j
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Franklin,
Mr. Hayne Franklin returning home
on last Monday and Miss Margaret remaining
a few days longer. Mr. Hayne
Franklin has purchased a Ford torpedo
runabout. v
All who missed going to Little
Mountain on last Friday missed seeing
a very large crowd.
J. M. W. ;
Everybody's doing it! Doing what?
Reading The Herald aud News.
TILLMAN'S STRENGTH IMPROVING
Work During Present Session Seems
. To Be of Decided Benefit.
"Washington, August 6.?The steady j
improvement in Senator Tillman's j
health is generally observed and com- j
montoH nnrin hv friprids hprp
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Instead of being a deterrent to bis
recuperation, the senator's work at the
capitol during the session seems to
have been of decided benefit. He has
busied himself constantly in his office
attending to his enormous correspondence
and applying himself to the
furtherance of governmental matters
in which he and his constituents are
i l - * 1 1 1 1 . x !
interested, ana ne uas Deen in ins seai
in the senate a part of the time at
practically every daily session during
his stay in Washington, being at other
times usually within call whenever
his vote might be needed. (Senator
Tillman has a pair with Senator Dillingham,
of Vermont, which protects
him on general measures in case of
ahRPnpp as when went over to At- i
lantic City recently to make the acquaintance
of his first grandson, Benjamin
Tillman Moore.)
Many of the senior South Carolina
senator's friends, noting his clearness
of mind, old-time ease and force of
expression, and marked physical improvement,
have asked him why he
does not make a speech in the senate.
They believe him entirely able to do
so." In reply, Senator Tillman cites his
physician's instructions, which are
given out of abundance of caution and !
are based on the reasoning that by'
temperament the senator is like a
dynamo that always runs on full voltige,
and that if he were to undertake
a speech he would be in danger of
Dvertaxing his reserves of nerve
strength by great and continued vehe- j
mence of delivery.
Senator Tillman himself admits that jj
lie cannot make a political speech j
without becoming wrought up to a
passion of earnestness. He recognizes
the prudence of his doctor's warning
that excitement of this sort mignt
bring on a recurrence of the trouble
'rom which he is making so gratifying
i recovery by strict attention to the '
hygienic regimen which has been prescribed.
If the senator underrates his
strength he can hardly be blamed for
t after the illness he has experienced.
rrU. C ? ??? J
me otcvuu rriiiiaij.
The vote by counties in the second
primary of 1910 was as follows:
Featherstone.
Blease.
Abbeville.. 1,081 1,108
kiken... 1,206 2,230 I
Anderson 2,819 3,497 |
3amberg 453 491 j
Barnwell 815 1.155 i
Beaufort 308 361
Berkeley 399 481
Calhoun 339 1 375
Charleston 829 3,565
Cherokee 1,574 1,439
Chester... V 941 844
Chesterfield 1,239 ' 990
Clarendon .. .. .. .. 710 ? 861 J
Colleton 1,071 1,160
Darlington .. 1,440 934
Dillon. .* 995 " 561
~ * * a on ' ~ ooft
uorcnesier too
Edgefield 912 775
Fairfield 670 634
Florence 1,0?3 723
Georgetown 442 942 i
Greenville 2,836 2,214 j
Greenwood 1,288 1,042 j
Hampton 825 922 i
Sorry 1,050 1,497
Kershaw .. 793 907
Lancaster 1,472 960
Laurens 1,592 1,872
Lee 625 774
Lexington 1,301 1,925
Marion 923 ^02 j
Wop]Knrn 1.236 920 i
Newberry . 963 1,592 j
Oconee 1,554 1,044 I
Orangeburg 1,578 1,589
Pickens 1,192 1,830
Richland 1,523 2,544
Saluda 648 1,319
Spartanburg 4,544 4,056
Sumter 846 707
Union 1,100 1,590 j
.... , OTO Q?7 j
wniiamsDurg ? ,-?o
York 1,748N ' 1,670
Totals 50,605 56,250
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JOE CA>XA0> CALLS
BURNETT A LIAR j
Washington, Aug. 5.?The lie was
passed on the floor of the house today
when former Speaker Cannon denounced
as "unqualifiedly untrue" a
' 1 Ditrnotf f\{ |
cnarge oy xiepieseuuiu?c uuiuv^,
Alabama, a Democrat, that when
speaker of the house Cannon deliberately
led his followers from the chamber
to break up a quorum and thereby :
defeated the immigration legislation.
Fefore speaking. Cannon twice asked
Burnett to retract. There was no outbreak.
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The N
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You may
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I"The Ban
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v JAS. McINTOSH,
POLICY HOLDERS ANNUAL MEETING.
The policy holders of the Farmers'
Mutual Insurance association of Newberry
county will meet* in the court
U Octiirdor Alienist in flt 11
liLfU^C UII ijacuiuuj, **u0w?wv, -w,
o'clock a. m. A full meeting is desired.
R. T. C. Hunter,
L. I. Epting, * President
Secretary.
>*ow is the time 10 subscribe to Tht
Herald and Sews, one year $1.50, six
months 75c., four months 50c.
County Campaign Schedule.
L. C. Pitts' res., Friday, August 9.
State Campaign, Xewbcrry, Tuesday,
August 13.
Youngs Grove, Wednesday, Aug. 14.
Little Mountain, Thursday, Aug. 15.
Jolly Street, Saturday, August 17.
Keitts Grove, Tuesday, August 20.
Forks School House, Thu'-sday, August
22. ?
Willowbrook Park, Friday, August
23, 8 p. m.
Whitmire, Saturday, August 24, 3
p. m.
Newberry Court House, Monday, August
26, 10 a. m.
A Great Building Falls
when its foundation is undermined,
ind if the foundation of health?good
digestion?is attacked, quick collapse
follows. On the first signs of indigestion,
Dr. King's New Li/e Pills should
be taken to tone the stomach and regulate
liver, kidneys and bowels. Pleasant,
easy, safe and only 25^;ents at W.
E. Pelham's.
A SAFE SUBSTITUTE
FOR CALOMEL
A Mild Vegetable Medicine for the Liver
That ?? Free From hp Dnnarers
o-i the Po-^erf'i! CJiHclmaU
Calomel.
w rj. Mave-s arug sr.ore uas a
mild, vegetable remedy that success|
,
fewberry Savings
Stnr.k. - S5C
^aiterW)
r be a Fanner, or a Miller, or?
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s not what your trade or pro
ur money in the bank. It w
a rainy day or a day when j
earn as much as now.
ik That Always Has Th<
Cent Interest Paid on Savings
President , J. E. NO
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Ivy iimm
Wrightsvi
Is calling you--tl
I I all cry out for y
crowd.
No more deligh'
on South Atlantic
ing, boating, fish
I pleasures. /
Reached in a f
elegant service of
COAST LINE F
Standard Railroad
connections/
Inauire for rat<
(of your local agen
W. J. CR
Passenge
fully takes the place of the powerful
mineral drug calomel,,the old-fashioned
liver medicine. This remedy is Dodo/Wq
T.ivpr-Tone. a very Dleasant tast
ed liquid that gives quick but gentle
relief from constipation without the
bad after-effects which so often follow
taking calomel.
j Dodson's Liver-Tone is fully guarI
anteed to be a pejfect substitute for
, calomel. and if you buy a bottle and
j it "does riot entirely satisfy you, Mayes
drug store will promptly give you your
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on may not
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he surf, the music,
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tful seaside resort
: Coast, for bath- |
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the ATLANTIC
RAILROAD, The
1 of the South, and
;s, schedules, etc,
t, or address
AIG,
r Traffic Mgr.,
Wilmington, N. C.
money back upon request
It is fine for both children and
grown people. '
TEACHER WASTED.
The patrons of Smyrna school will .
meet on August 9 to elect a teacher
for the school. School to run seven
or eight months. Salary * $40
month. Applications may be sent to
; J. S. Boozer, G. P. Boozer, or H. T.
1 Longshore.
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